China urges Japan to create conditions for normal relations

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei on Wednesday urged Japan to create conditions for the normal development of bilateral relations.

Hong said at a daily press briefing that he noted that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe suggested on Tuesday that a summit between Japan and China is necessary to mend bilateral relations hampered by their recent territorial disputes.

China attaches importance to developing relations with Japan, Hong said, stressing that the country hopes that Japan will make joint efforts with China to overcome major difficulties so as to push bilateral ties back to the track of normal development.